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Unit of Study PDT73006 - Pedorthics Clinical Placement II (2019)

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    Please be advised that this unit includes professional experience learning which has pre-placement provisions and associated placement expenses as detailed on the School of Health and Human Sciences Professional Experience page. Failure to comply with these pre-placement requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Professional Experience Learning.


Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate advanced skills to work as a safe, competent pedorthic practitioner
2 demonstrate a professional level of case management skills consistent with a beginning pedorthic practitioner
3 provide person-centred pedorthic advice and appliances for complex/high risk cases
4 display high standards of professional and ethical conduct consistent with a beginning pedorthic practitioner
5 communicate competently and professionally, and present a case study consistent with the requirements of a beginning pedorthic practitioner
6 critically review pedorthic practice

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate advanced skills to work as a safe, competent pedorthic practitioner
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  2. demonstrate a professional level of case management skills consistent with a beginning pedorthic practitioner
    • GA1:
  3. provide person-centred pedorthic advice and appliances for complex/high risk cases
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  4. display high standards of professional and ethical conduct consistent with a beginning pedorthic practitioner
    • GA3:
  5. communicate competently and professionally, and present a case study consistent with the requirements of a beginning pedorthic practitioner
    • GA6:
  6. critically review pedorthic practice
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

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